With a few hours with the house to myself this morning I set about doing some cleaning up.. and also listened in to a podcast of my favourite blog talk show - Awakenings with Michele Meiche.. it REALLY helps me to not notice that I'm cleaning... trust me I need allll the help I can get in that area because I would rather do anything else much of time. Anyway.. let's not go on a tangent of the boringness of housework. Grateful I have a lovely home, *nods* excellent reframe!.

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I noticed Flora's pic on her instagram, counting down the hours til she goes to Bali.. and of course it got me to thinking what it would take for an artist to fly all the way down yonder and gather a bunch of keen participants and hold a retreat where we will do some yoga in the mornings and paint in the afternoons.... and what does it mean for me to be joining her in less than two weeks ... I want to be very mindful... well not mind full of crap.. but awareness, readiness, openess to access parts of myself that may not come out to play in normal life situations... that's the gift of retreating... especially in a completely different environment.. and in this case different country!! than my home. I'm already in an aware and receptive state of learning due to the Color of Woman course I'm doing... so this is just more than I can put into words, to have this in the midst of that.

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Below is a snapshot of the three paintings I'm sending in to the Immanual Arts Festival next week... I have been repainting and finishing them this week.. they are part of series I was excited to begin a bit a while ago... on the chakra's... and it was a time when I was really intent on going within, centering, seeking peace... and lots of solitude.. I really was tickled with Klimt's spiral'y trees and wanted to paint loads of them... I love spirals. The Sacral Chakra, red one has lots of affirmations written in the branches of the tree... yummy grounding energy is evident to me in that one. The 'Speak Your Truth' one with blues and greens has such clear blue eyes on that girl.. I quite love her the best at the moment. Meditative, healing and calming... that's the essence of these.

Meditative Healing Calming

Aura joined me for my morning cuppa... which I loved in between the cleaning.

I've been making a couple of changes to my page about inspirational prints, so far there are only 3 chakra's covered... hopefully more will be added in the future... but for now some very significant ones are being represented.

Sacral Chakra

Peace for Me (Heart)

Heart Chakra

Tree of Wisdom (solar plexus)

The Sacral chakra one in particular is unique from most of my previous work ...As I painted this I had the intention and awareness of all the healing and strength the base chakra needs in one who feels weak. It was at a time when I myself was going through a period of deep searching and need for restorative energy.The affirmations listed here have all been placed into the painting. You could say them in first person to make them your own.

You are worthyYou are perfect just as you areSelf LovingLet your heart be your guideYour heart knows what to doYour birth is no accidentYou are lovedSelf acceptanceYou are freeYou are strongYou matterYou’re not broken at allYou’re beautifulYou are enoughI am

"I am worthy, I am perfect just as I am, I love myself, My heart is my guide, My heart knows what to do, My birth was no accident, I am loved, I accept myself,I am free, I am strong, I matter, I am not broken at all, I am beautiful, I am enough."

Prints may be ordered directly here. Or you are welcome to email me in regard to prints etc. With further explanation of their meaning and intention.

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“There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.” - Anais Nin